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The purpose of this study is to find out if treatment with degludec insulin when compared to glargine U100 insulin will result in similar blood sugar control in patients with diabetes who are admitted to the hospital and then transition to home after discharge from the hospital.
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Degludec is a new generation basal insulin analog with a longer duration of action compared to insulin glargine. Several outpatient trials have reported that treatment with degludec results in comparable improvement in HbA1c levels and in lower rates of hypoglycemia compared to glargine U100 insulin. However, no previous studies have compared the safety and efficacy of the long-acting basal insulin degludec in the inpatient management of patients with diabetes. It is expected that a large number of patients with diabetes will be started on or transitioned to this new insulin formulation so acquiring knowledge on the safety and efficacy of degludec insulin is of great clinical interest. Accordingly, the proposed study will provide novel and clinically useful information on the efficacy (assessed as blood glucose control) and safety (assessed as hypoglycemia) of degludec in the inpatient setting and after hospital discharge in general medicine and surgery patients with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D).
Participants will be randomized to receive either a basal bolus with degludec or glargine U100 once daily during hospitalization. All participants will receive aspart insulin before meals. Participants with poorly controlled diabetes during the inpatient portion of the study will be invited to participate in the outpatient portion of the study. Participants in the outpatient portion of the study will be discharged on their preadmission oral antidiabetic medications plus degludec or glargine once daily, based on the study medication they were randomized to take during the inpatient portion of the study.
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180 participants in 2 patient groups
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